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Monday, April 30, 2012

Inspiration Monday - Nearly Perfect

And just like that it's Monday again! Man the weekends go fast don't they? We had a nice weekend in spite of some rather disgusting weather. More on that in a moment. Right now, it's Inspiration Monday and today we have cutie Emma Watson. I was super excited when I saw this picture was chosen for this week because, I had pretty much everything to duplicate it. It may be my best yet, and yes, I am bragging. I don't care. I'm excited.

Most of these pieces have been in my closet for ages, so this was a new way to use them, which also made me happy! Also, I am excited to present my buttonflower from the fabulous Megan Mae - it adds such a fun feminine touch to my blazer!

So, it's supposed to be a nice day outside today - but this morning was kind of drizzly and gross. It could still turn around, but unfortunately I just felt it was too wet and yucky to take pictures outside. Anyway, I think that this outfit turned out pretty darn good. It's always a nice feeling when that happens!!

As I said, we had a nice weekend. We had a date night on Friday and went to what has probably become our favorite restaurant - Brasa in NE Minneapolis. I'm not sure how I would describe Brasa, they do meats with unique and interesting spices, and they have some really neat sides. We usually split a couple of the meats and a couple of sides as you can order small, medium, large of each. It's just delicious. After that we went home to watch a movie. Saturday I got a hair cut and some new golf shoes. Because the golf store was having a sale, we went back on Sunday and I got a new golf bag too. The Pants Monkey and I are going to take lessons starting next weekend, even though we've golfed before, we want to work on some things, so having some new equipment is kind of fun! Now we just need to hope the weather will hold out!

So now we're back to Monday. Warmer weather this week it sounds like so my hope is to be in more skirts and dresses. Minneapolis' famed "Summer of Dresses" kicks off tomorrow, while I don't know that I can swing that every day, I want to try and wear more dresses this summer, so we'll see how it goes!

LOL, that was something I thought of too and totally forgot to do it! Because I was thinking the same thing, that the top and the skirt were so fun together! Just for you Miss Lori, perhaps a bonus picture a little later ;)

OMG this is such a cute look. It's a perfect interpretation of the inspiration and it's perfect to showcase the buttonflower. The mixed prints look fabulous. I definitely want to see more of that skirt.

I wanted to do this one, but I just didn't get a chance. So sad, because I love Emma's outfit--and yours even more! I used to have this same exact skirt, only the red version. It was amazing and awesome and everything I wanted in a skirt, but then I lost weight and it didn't fit anymore. So sad.

Summer of Dresses is something a group of Minneapolis girls started because our summers are so short, it got some press and stuff and has grown in popularity a bit and I think they're on their 3rd year.

And thanks, I love this skirt too, I will be sad when I can't wear it anymore! I think I remember the red one too.